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The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
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Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
Video card for playing games/racing sims on a computer
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Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
I'd have a quick check to see that the servo is getting a vacuum.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sat Aug 20, 2022 8:02 am Slightly more concerning problem discovered yesterday - the brakes are shite.
I didn't discover this problem on my test drive 'cause the initial bite is fine and it'll do an E-stop no problem. The issue cropped up yesterday when I drove across MK...I nearly ran into the back of someone coming up to about roundabout 10 in a spirited fashion! The pedal was firm I just wasn't slowing down much. When I came to a halt the car absolutely stank of hot brake.
Like I said, pedal is pretty firm and the brake fluid looks brand new. The car was serviced just before I got it and so far I've found every obvious fluid is new and all the filters are new, so I've no reason to believe it needs bleeding or anything.
Perhaps a 2006 Civic on cheapo pads just has shit brakes compared to a Beemer on decent ones! Gonna have to take it easy on them roundabouts, which goes against every instinct.
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It does sound like a master cylinder issue.Yambo wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 8:20 amI'd have a quick check to see that the servo is getting a vacuum.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sat Aug 20, 2022 8:02 am Slightly more concerning problem discovered yesterday - the brakes are shite.
I didn't discover this problem on my test drive 'cause the initial bite is fine and it'll do an E-stop no problem. The issue cropped up yesterday when I drove across MK...I nearly ran into the back of someone coming up to about roundabout 10 in a spirited fashion! The pedal was firm I just wasn't slowing down much. When I came to a halt the car absolutely stank of hot brake.
Like I said, pedal is pretty firm and the brake fluid looks brand new. The car was serviced just before I got it and so far I've found every obvious fluid is new and all the filters are new, so I've no reason to believe it needs bleeding or anything.
Perhaps a 2006 Civic on cheapo pads just has shit brakes compared to a Beemer on decent ones! Gonna have to take it easy on them roundabouts, which goes against every instinct.
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Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
It would be weird the the problem only appears sometimes though....I did load of test e stops yesterday from cold and it was fine. It will put you through the windscreen no problem. Stamping on the pedal willy nilly activates the ABS too. I also know what unservoed brakes feel like, this doesn't seem like that.
Also passed the MoT (which includes a brake force check) just before I got it, which doesn't mean that much I know.
Also passed the MoT (which includes a brake force check) just before I got it, which doesn't mean that much I know.
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Smelly brake pads is just a symptom.
The question is why are the pads are staying in contact with the disc and getting hot and smelly? It's not many things that will cause that and they're all easy to check and rectify.
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Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
Judicious use of the middle pedal probably. They're fine when Mrs D is a passenger for some reason.
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I see what you mean, the issue is that they may be stuck on all the time?
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Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
Basically yes. The piston may be seized in the caliper, or may be slightly offset in the caliper. The piston's rubber seal could be fucked - they flex a bit when the brake is applied and then re-assert themselves when the brake is released to just ease the pads away from the disc. If it's a single piston set-up then the equalising arrangement may be seized etc.Ant wrote: ↑Fri Aug 26, 2022 4:55 pmI see what you mean, the issue is that they may be stuck on all the time?
The disc may be warped so that the brake pads are coming into contact on each wheel revolution, not stuck on but enough contact to cause excess wear, heating and smell. Discs may be past their wear limit allowing the pistons to protrude too far out of the caliper where they can become offset.
Brakes are pretty basic (unless you're going to make them from scratch and calculate master and slave cylinder pressures/movement etc), bits are easily replaced etc. The one thing that most people like me don't have is the sucking of teeth technique and "Well it's brakes, innit. Ain't gonna be cheap darlin'" dialogue.
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2 x
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And here endeth CFL's & incandescent lamps for this house
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And here endeth CFL's & incandescent lamps for this house
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Princess Di's one sold for £650k, I think he means that one.
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Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
He didn't really buy an Escort.
He bough this Cortina instead.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394211828507
He bough this Cortina instead.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394211828507
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Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
I was recommended Skechers Archfit trainers for upcoming rehab/physio, so I got a pair, and they are definitely on my pleasing purchase list!